Proverbs 6:4

Proverbs 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
• New International Version (NIV)Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do.

Context of Proverbs 6:4

2You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth. 3So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend. Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids. 5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,

Proverbs 6:4 word by word

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• not sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• to thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• nor slumberתְּנוּמָהtenûmâh · slumberH8572
• to thine eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:4

• Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep—
• Psalms 132:4I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
• Matthew 24:17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.
• Mark 13:35Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning—

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5free yourself: The risk of disaster is so high that escaping is a matter of life and death, like animals trapped.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. The danger requires promptness.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:4

• Surety (Guarantee)
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Loan
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Surety
• Teach
• Hezekiah (2)
• James, Epistle of
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings